$307,899,595
to BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.
THE WOMA REQUIREMENT WAS ISSUED AS A FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, AND EVALUATE THE WIDE FIELD INSTRUMENT (WFI) OPTO-MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY (WOMA) FOR THE WIDE FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST) MISSION. IN ADDITION, IT DEFINES THE TASKS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE SUBSEQUENT INTEGRATION, TEST, EVALUATION, AND VALIDATION OF THE WFI. IT DEFINES THE POST-DELIVERY SUPPORT TO PAYLOAD AND OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST, AND TO PRE-LAUNCH, LAUNCH AND COMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES AT THE MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER (MOC) AND TO SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE).
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What the model surfaced from this award
Design, develop, and fabricate the Wide Field Instrument opto-mechanical assembly for NASA's WFIRST space telescope mission.
WFIRST is a flagship NASA astrophysics mission critical for dark energy research and exoplanet detection, requiring advanced optical-mechanical engineering.
Signals sustained demand for precision optical-mechanical integration and ground support equipment suppliers supporting NASA's major space observatories.
U.S. space telescope capabilities represent strategic advantage in space science; China developing competing infrared survey missions.
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